American Idol - “Shout to the Lord”
On April 9, at the end of the American Idol charity special “Idol Gives Back,” the Top 8 Finalists closed the show by singing “Shout to the Lord.”
What are we to make of this?
Why did they change “my Jesus” to “my Shepherd” at the beginning of the song, especially when other artists had no qualms about singing songs that explicitly mentioned Jesus?
Has “Shout to the Lord” arrived in the collective consciousness of our civil religion, much like “Amazing Grace” and other well-known hymns?
Are there Christians behind the scenes of American Idol who are promoting Christian songs?
What does it say to see Christians singing this song together with a Mormon as one of the contestants?
[Update: On April 10, the Top 8 sang "Shout to the Lord" again. This time, they sang Jesus' name. Watch below...]
Let the discussion begin! Comments are open.
In Australia many of the Idols come from conservative, pentecostal churches, the first Idol here came out of an AOG church in Adelaide. Last year they got to the point where many of the Idols were asked to not speak about their faith or church in interviews and interviewers were asked to refrain from asking questions in that vein. The issue has been raised that perhaps many of these churches were promoting their particular idol in the hope that there would be a christian idol (pardon the pun) coming out of the program.
I guess American Idol is realising what many of your presidential campaigners already know… That Christians are just another market. I wonder if they’re trying to suggest to some idols that they could do equally as well, perhaps better if they, instead of going to the “pop” market go to the christian music market…
Personally I’m disappointed they sang that song, it’s painful…
Comment by darren wright — April 10, 2008 @ 6:36 am
I am deeply saddened that the “idols” took the name of Jesus out. Jesus is the Lord, He is the Savior, He is the King. As a Christian, I would not have sung that song if they had deleted His holy name (of course, I can’t sing worth a lick!).
Of course, I might be a bit sensitive. I don’t care for the title of the program, either. American “Idol” grates on my nerves; no Christian should say that word lightly.
Comment by Kevin — April 10, 2008 @ 8:53 am
I must say that as I watched this happen live, I wasn’t sure if I was really hearing them sing “Shout to the Lord.” I thought I just misunderstood Ryan when he introduced the last song. I hadn’t been watching the show and only caught this last section. Then when they started in with “My Sherherd” I had to sing the song in my head to make sure that this wasn’t right. It just felt wierd, especially at the end with all the confetti and lights. Was this the theme of the whole night? Idol gives back by singing a song about the power we have our King? Just wierd.
Also, when did it become “proper” that if you are going to sing a ’spiritual’ song that you have to have a gospel choir in robes?
Comment by wheelj79 — April 10, 2008 @ 9:07 am
I think it was a huge step for an obviously Christian song to be performed in front of such a large audience, & just think of how many unsaved people probably heard that song for the first time. Furthermore, I find it to be extremely hypocritical that Christians complain about prayer not being in school, etc., etc., but then want to criticize a Christian song being performed on a secular television show. My point is that this behavior is what turns alot of people off of Christianity. If half as many Christians were as enthusiastic about loving & helping thy neighbor as they were about judging & out-dressing each other on Sunday morning, my what a difference we would see in this world, and there would be no need for a secular show to have to raise money for charities!
Comment by Tiffany — April 10, 2008 @ 11:53 am
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I think it was an improvement to the song.
The “my Jesus” line… what does that even mean? There is no question that the song is still a song to God. I would say it is even a stronger Christian witness by inserting another descriptor of God as Shepherd that tells us much more than just his name. He’s not My Jesus. I don’t own him. He is, however, my Shepherd.
Comment by David — April 10, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
Tiffany makes some interesting points. I think that the Apostle Paul makes it clear that it doesn’t matter whether people want to sing about Jesus in a secular concert or not. To him, what was important is that Christ is being preached, whether out of false motives or true.
However, what struck me in the face is how ironic it is that Christian songs would be sung on a show that calls itself American or Canadian “Idol”. This culture worships music artists and pays them dearly for the talents God has given them. But at times I wonder how different some churches are from American Idol when it starts to become the worship of music and musicians instead of worship of God. Indeed, one can worship God without music; worship is simply the submission of the heart towards God in all of our life’s actions. Its not confined to songs sung on Sunday, and in fact it could even be that we are not pleasing to God at all in how we worship on Sunday mornings.
Concerning prayer in schools, I think Tiffany is right. If we want to enforce Christian prayer, then to be fair we have to allow everyone else to promote their religion as well, whether Buddhist meditation, Muslim prayers, etc. Prayer is to be done by those who have placed their faith in Jesus, individually and corporately; it’s not something you can force the secular populace to do or to endure. Furthermore, Jesus said that when you pray, pray in private and not on the street corner to be seen by men. While that isn’t meant to be legalistic (Jesus occasionally prayed publicly), enforcing it in schools seems to be contrary to the spirit of what Jesus meant.
Concerning raising money for charities, many if not most of the charities in the world are Christian based and/or started by Christians who desired to do these things as part of living out their faith. While it is impressive what secular TV can raise in monetary value for works of charity, I don’t think it can outdo what churches have and are continuing to do throughout the world. I guess the main difference is that Christians also tell people the gospel and admonish them to turn from their idolatry to the one true living God. And that is not always seen as “charitable.”
Comment by Ryan — April 10, 2008 @ 3:25 pm
I watched Idol Gives Back last night, and I, too, was rather surprised by this performance. But I wasn’t upset. I do think taking Jesus’s name out of the song was intentionally to soften the blow to the American population.
I would like to mention, however: One of the questions you raised was that of a Mormon singing this song with other “Christians.” Did we assume these people are Christians by default? While it’s well-known that one of the contestants comes from a practicing Mormon family, is there evidence that the other 7 that are left are practicing Christians? I highly doubt all 7 are. So that also means unbelievers (besides the Mormon) are singing the song, as well.
Comment by Carly Staley — April 10, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
Only Christians would have such a silly discussion.
Besides, isn’t Jesus (the word they took out) our Shepherd (the word they put in)?
Comment by Chris — April 10, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
So, let me clarify my previous statement. Basically, I feel that as Christians we should be glad that a song about Christ was performed on one of the biggest television shows around. As for replacing “My Jesus” with “My Shepherd”, I find no problem with that. It is very clear even with that change that this is a Christian song. I just feel that some can’t see the forest for the trees, and be excited that a Christian song was performed on this program. There are alot of non-Christians who watch this show, and I feel that any positive mention of Christ in a public forum is a wonderful thing. Let’s not analyze this too much. Who knows AI’s motives in including the song, but who cares? A beautiful song about our Savior was heard by many millions. :)
Comment by Tiffany — April 10, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
It’s even more confusing now: They just did it again tonight and SAID Jesus :-P
Comment by Carly Staley — April 10, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
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I think it’s great that they sang that song. Couldn’t stop beaming from ear to ear. Just felt so happy. Any show that sings to God (without worrying about political correctness) to a mainstream audience is marking a trend. A trend that has been a long time coming in a country that based its Constitution on God.
And why is religion perceived as so threatening in the first place? Especially a religion that backs everything that American Idol was promoting on ‘Idol Gives Back’… service, humanity, charity
Almost straight out of Jesus’ ‘things to do’ list :)
Comment by Cheryl — April 11, 2008 @ 2:55 am
I just updated the post with the new video as well. Do you think that the three contestants who start off the song agreed beforehand to sing the “Jesus” version?
There was one major difference. The first night’s show was taped. The second night’s show was live…
Comment by trevinwax — April 11, 2008 @ 7:01 am
Mystery indeed. Pressure from angry Christian viewers? Bottom up initiative from the three Christians among the idols?
But in any case, I must admit that singing an overtly Christian song on one of the top shows, watched by tens of millions of viewers, is a feat. Very big feat.
Comment by Vitali Zagorondov — April 11, 2008 @ 8:08 am
I just posted on the subject, and personally, it feels like this is just another example of the cultural “christianity” that is rampant in the South (I’m from the South, so I can say that); a culture that helps people think they are Christians without having to devote themselves to Christ. It’s very sad, and this song made me cringe…
Comment by Todd Young — April 11, 2008 @ 9:35 am
I really don’t know what to think about this. At one point, I almost started to cry. It’s such a powerful song, but it makes me sad at the same time that these people (more than likely none of them are Christians) are singing about Jesus in such a personal way. And here they are “praising” the King that they don’t truly bow to. What promise do they have in him if they reject Him? He’s not their shepherd, and they are not his sheep. No comfort there in rejecting him. It did seem odd, not as shocking as if someone had closed the night out in a prayer. That would have been really shocking. I do agree that it’s an example of cultural Christianity. It’s hard to be mad about a song like that being sung…the why and where and who sang it… just strange.
Comment by Sylvia — April 11, 2008 @ 10:33 am
To Sylvia…No, we do not know who on the stage are Christians, but the same could be said for choir members in every church in the United States. We do not know the true spiritual life of anyone other than ourselves. Let’s not make assumptions on the faith of people we do not know (or anyone for that matter). God is the only judge, not us.
Comment by Tiffany — April 11, 2008 @ 10:44 am
I think that we’re missing the point. The only reason they sang this song is that they know that the Christian community gives more money to charity than any other group. To not make an appeal to the Christian community on a night when you are trying to raise money for charity would not make any business sense. Oh, and perhaps the reason they sang the same song on the second night is that they noticed a huge increase in donations after they sang “Shout to the Lord.” Ryan did mention that you could still make donations…why not try again to tap into the money of the Christian community–even better, let’s really try to increase donations from Christians by changing the word back from Shepherd to Jesus. All those Christians who held back from giving the first night had no excuse after the second night. This show, this choice of song is all about economics, nothing more, nothing less.
Comment by Brannon — April 11, 2008 @ 11:13 am
Tiffany,
I had the same thought about people in our churches who are singing those praise choruses too. I do not mean to credit them (all the American idols) as being without Christ. I am semi-faithful watcher of the show and have listened to their comments on why they pick songs and their philosophy. Even if that is just a millionth of a second blip of their life, every part of their life will show in some way their belief system and their philosophy. None of them have portrayed any christian philosophy that I have seen. You’re right, I shouldn’t assume whether someone is a Christian or not. So forgive my comment. But I do believe that broad is the gate that leads to destruction and narrow is the path that leads to righteousness. And few find it.
Comment by Sylvia — April 11, 2008 @ 11:23 am
Oh My Goodness! Listen to all this nit-pickin bla-bla-bla!
Some(not all)of these so called “Christian” comments make me feel ASHAMED to be in assocoation with such a group of,supposidly, fellow believers!
If your faith as a Christian is ginuine, then, how could you possibly have step out of the Godly anouinting of that song(anytime it is sung and by who ever)to have come to such “self-rightious” conclusions?
You do understand that by poasting your comment here you are under the same scrutiney and that you too are exposing yourselves to many people in this publuc place. Now re-read your own comment and tell me how Jesus got any real glory out of what YOU had to say about any of this. We will all have to answer for the words that we choose so judge not least you be judged your self.
I just came here to post some KUDOS because my first thought when I heard all the contestants singing “Shout to The Lord”, was to call everybody I know and tell them…”Listen to how good this sounds…Thats the contestants on American Idol!Sounds AWSOME huh? Turn on your TV set and lets help um give God the Glory!”
Though I might have unknowingly played a part in boosting the raitings by spreading the word to others, who hung up the phone and did the same,it NEVER occured to me to think weather or not any of them were qualified to sing that song.
How does one honestly go about doing that?
I Loved it! I’m going back and watching it again.
Comment by Beej — April 11, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
Even if it was some “ploy” to get us Christians to donate money, why should they even have to ask? Christians, by God’s instructions, should be doing and giving so much to help the poor, sick, and widowed already that fund-raising efforts like this should not even be necessary.
btw, I personally LOVED the performance. Anyway God’s word can get out there is great. Even if they left a word out, or changed it, our God is definetaly big enough to still get glory out of something he owns. No tv is powerful enough to take the real and true God out of a song that glorifies Him. They can think what they want, but He will still be glorified.
Comment by Smyers — April 11, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
To those Christians who had a problem with the Song being sung I must say, “You ignorant, arrogant people” What is your problem? Christ was made known on a TV show. Do you think we live in a perfect world or that the Kingdom of God has landed on this fallen place? NO. We should delight that the name of God is being made known on such a popular show. If the word is spread inch by inch by people who may not even know the Lord, I’m willing to rejoice in that.
It didn’t just happen last night either.
The Dolly Parton episode was loaded with the name of Jesus. Perhaps God is doing something great here. We should be prepared to partner with Him in this, not pick it to pieces because it wasn’t “perfect”.
For those so offended that Jesus was left out, His name was put back in when the song was sung again on Thursday night. I couldn’t believe it. They sang it as an encore!
To be honest, my heart has been encouraged to worship more from the Christian music on American Idol than it has at Church where my worship leader has been more interested in putting on a show than in leading his church in real worship.
Some times it takes the world to remind us of who our Savior is.
Comment by Joann — April 11, 2008 @ 7:08 pm
“Shout…” is one of three modern worship choruses which have had a commanding presence since choruses started dominating hymns, the other two being “Majesty” by Jack Hayford and “Lord, I Lift Your Name On High.” These all have a strong identification factor with those of us who have sung them in church over the past few years, and hearing them echoing back to us via the medium of a top rated, entertainment program can be very affirming. For a brief moment in time it’s like there is no division between the church and the world; as though the USA has become the theocracy that many long for it to be.
Despite the comments of a friend who pointed out the chorus starts along the same chord progression as “Heart and Soul,” I still love this song; it’s an anthem for the church, and that’s why it sounded so strange to hear it on “Idol” and why its presence there is producing so many different comments here and elsewhere in the blogsphere.
Hillsong Worship crossed into the mainstream on that telecast, and like other times where the world temporarily seems to embrace what we do, we have to ask ourselves, “Is this a good thing or a bad thing.”
Obviously, we’re not sure.
Comment by Paul Wilkinson — April 11, 2008 @ 9:15 pm
hey guys… stop arguing with each other… do you all know that AI is broadcasted (live or recorded) to some countries outside US? many of which are other religion-majority countries. Can you all imagine how powerful it is, to hear the song in Indonesian national TV??? I do hope Global TV in Indonesia not cut out the song from idol gives back episode.
Comment by bill — April 11, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
I was very pleased to hear the song on this show that so many people are blessed to see. Please, let’s stop arguing, nitpicking and judging the reasons it was sung, who sung it and why. Praise to the Lord, my Jesus, my Shepherd, my Savior the one who the song was about! I’m very pleased that He was lifted up! If He was lifted up more Everywhere, He would draw all men unto Him! He is our hope in this very present hour of need! He will be lifted up and exalted and He will receive glory whether some like it or not!!
Comment by Terri — April 12, 2008 @ 7:57 am
I haven’t have time to read all the comments, but I did want to respond to a comment made by David above. He doesn’t understand what “My Jesus” means and he thinks another word for God is good. Let me say that Jesus is God and any God that eliminates Jesus is not God at all. No matter what name you use, Muhammad, Buddah, or whatever. To remove Jesus was to remove God and the song becomes just another secular song. Go ahead and worship whoever or wahtever you want, as for me, I will worship the only true God of which Jesus is the on and only Son and savior of the world. As for Kevin above….. you are dead right. Never compromise!
Comment by Marty — April 12, 2008 @ 8:19 am
I must admit being a Christian my knee jerk reaction at first was to be offended by the fact that they changed the words and removed Jesus from the song. Tonight on the show they corrected it. When I first heard the lyric change I stopped to consider why and look at it objectively and this is what my thought was. When an individual sings a song it is seen as that individuals story or point of view. But when everyone on the show performs a song together it is different; not everyone who sings it or watches the show may feel the same way. The show probably didn’t want to appear as an endorser of a specific religion due to the multicultural aspect of the country and the program. So the real issue is that each person has to deal with the question of Jesus individually, therefore the collective singing of the song brought forth this controversy. Interestingly, only three contestants sang the line in question on the following show. This song is a church song where people generally have a concensus about the object of their worship and the lyrics in the song. Jesus told us that he was the “The Truth” and his words were Spirit and Life but that the world could not receive the Spirit of Truth (John 14:17). The world as a whole can rally around a great cause but they can’t all agree about Jesus. He must be known and received individually and personally, therefore he becomes “MY JESUS”. Which is why Jesus said he didn’t pray for the world (John 17:9), meaning the world system. He said that this world hated him without reason and this is true of all of fallen humanity according to what Jesus taught. So we shouldn’t expect the world to be in collective agreement about a song that glorifies the Son of God. But I was happy with the song being sung at the end because I was hoping that God would be glorified in this great cause and not man. Deep down when righteousness prevails people sense that God should receive the glory. But judging who should be singing it and who should not be is really ridiculous. God says, let “everything” that has breath praise the Lord. Utlimately, one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess the truth that Jesus is Lord. The singing of this song didn’t create a “controversy” it revealed a truth about the nature of the gospel in a fallen world. The gospel is in the world but not of the world, it was not meant to create a Theocracy but rescue people from the world. If it breaks through into secular institutions and stirs things up it is because that is what it is intended to do. Kudos to American Idol for finally recognizing that Praise and Worship music has a huge representation in American culture that has been somewhat unrepresented on the show and it shouldn’t be seeing how it extremely prevalent in our culture. Learning how to effectively handle multiculturalism in a fair and balanced way will continue to be a difficult thing to sort out in a free society. Utlimately the framers of the Constituion believed in basic freedoms which includes choices on a personal level of what we will do with the gospel and Jesus.
Comment by Don — April 12, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
Amen to the eloquent thoughts of Tiffany, Cheryl, Beej,and especially, Terri, and Don. Let, as in do and allow, everything that has breath praise the Lord…..the rest of you children need to stop worrying about God’s ability to sort out the wheat from the tares….don’t be afraid somebody UNWORTHY might sneak in, but have a care that we all work out our OWN salvation with fear and trembling. May Jesus cause that song to stick fast in the hearts of all the souls onboard the “American Idol” rocketship, and in the hearts and minds of every listener….and apparently the spirits of some of us Christians as well…Amen? You know, that song you just can’t get out of your mind? Love you all, and I say, let’s get back to loving and praying for the lost, whoever they are and go back to believing God’s word. He alone will separate tht sheep and goats….let it be….He alone is worthy, so we “Shout To the Lord”…just thank God if you have been blessed to know Him in His most excellent grace and glory.
Comment by Kathleen — April 13, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
Marty, You really took my comment to a new place. I think I do understand what it means, but I don’t agree with the theology. It’s individualistic and wrongfully exclusive. I’m not sure how you determined that I am desiring to follow other gods by affirming the metaphor of shepherd. I’m fairly certain that is even a description of Jesus that we find in the bible. It shouldn’t be too much of a stretch for us to be able to use that word and state something very meaningful and true about our relationship together as a community under god.
Comment by David — April 14, 2008 @ 10:18 am
My initial response is that I truly wish they had not chosen to sing a song intended for worship and praise of a holy God. I am a Christian, and love this song myself… we sing it often at the church I belong to. However, to have a group of people, most who do not profess belief in God or who do not define their beliefs about God and the world by God’s word the Bible, sing that song on a highly watched television show… it was potentially blasphemous! Whether they sang “shephard” or “Jesus” does not change anything. They took the name of God and used it without due honor and reverance. (In other words… in vain.)
That being said, I do believe that God is greater than all our human failings, and can use even the words and actions of unrepentant sinners to bring himself glory, honor and to let the truth of his love and forgiveness go forward. Let all of us who know the Lord to which we should shout take opportunity this week to talk to those around us who are catching up on the latest “Idol” gossip; let us share with them the true meaning of the song. Let us make clear that there is “none like” our God!
Comment by Melinda — April 14, 2008 @ 11:43 am
I am so glad that this is a Christion website and that most of the people who are still “of” the world won’t be reading some of these comments….When one of these dear ones that Jesus loves, feels” something” or senses our tender “someone,” the Lord they do not yet know, and they reach out to Him, they will, upon hearing such cold “religious” comments, draw their hands back like a burnt child who dreads the fire…..God is not the author of such confusion and controversy.
Let God be glorified, however it happens, and let all the earth be silent before Him, whenever it happens. If Jesus chooses to go amonst them, we need to say, “Yea and Amen Lord, Go after those lost sheep!” For a fact, some of them must surely have had wrong agendas, and ulterior motives, but I suggest we leave them to Jesus, and rejoice over the ones, singers and listeners alike, who were truly touched….whether or not the performance was or was not annointed is not the main thing. I assure you, the Lord has the power AND the authority to annoint what came out, to send it wherever He wants, and to open “blind” eyes and “deaf” ears to His exquisite grace and love. I tell you of a truth that some hearts were beating faster as they experienced His glorious presence. Since when does God need anybody’s permission to go after the number He will add to His Kingdom? He couldn’t care less what they THOUGHT they were doing or why. He opened a door to do what HE does. See?
Years ago we Christians just backed up and let the enemy and the world have and inhabit television, radio, and various tehnologies as they came along. We just gave it to ‘em people! How deceived we have been. If we want to take it back, and we should, we must invite the Lord of the whole earth to inhabit all these “Tools for His Testimony.” That means that when they who do not yet know Him, make a tentative step forward, towards the light, WE are NOT guilty of shoving them back into darkness. Remember, we are all saved by His grace and they are only standing where we ourselves once stood…..as someone commented, they may not be saved, but someone else made the point that they may not all be lost either.
The fact is, wherever those young people stand with God, they did give it their all, and the song and our Christian community was treated with respect After the faux pax of using “shepherd” instead of “Jesus”, they apparently heard about it, and came out and did it again, the right way. Compared to the way most networks and TV producers treat Christianity, this was well nigh to giving honor! We should be telling them we appreciate their concern, and thank them for doing the right thing. Are we not to forgive as we have been forgiven? Just what should the world perceive in us? The Holy Spirit does the drawing, and the driving. It is not our job. Thank God for using who and what He will without clearing it with everybody first. Otherwise who could ever be saved!
If Fox network, and the Idol producers were to hear us raking the show over the coals, we should understand that human thinking would prevail, as they tried to figure out what in the world we are talking about, what it is that we want, and why we complain about the singing of a Christian song. I guess it all boils down to whether we really want to win ‘em, or just push ‘em over the edge….so let’s remember Cornelius brothers and sisters. His alms went up before God for a memorial, and God, our God, took notice, even though he was a Roman and not in the church…..and that is very powerful. As the old song says, “There is room at the cross….” Let ‘em sing! Let ‘em sing all day and all night if they want to!!
Lest we forget, the heart of man is desperately wicked, and deceivable, so let us live as strict a life as we feel led to live, without expecting the sin-sick lost sheep of this world to live a higher standard than we do!….just love them, and praise Jesus for our own small beginnings. Those first small steps that led us to the cross, and to the torn and bloody lamb of our redemption were taken because He was leading us, and because He is good, not because we are good. With all our getting, Father, may we please get wisdom….your wisdom. Amen and Amen…..
Comment by Kathleen — April 15, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
The song was performed beautifully. The contest is about singing different songs written and performed by different artists. It gave me chills! Great job idols!
Comment by Nicole — April 17, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
This is a beautiful performance. My heart is over flowing with gratitude that millions of people heard this song. Glory to God.
Comment by Sandy — April 20, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
“By this shall men know ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”. “Judge not, that ye be not judged”. Only the Lord knows the hearts of each person and whether or not they are a true servant of His. Criticizing people for singing a song about God because you aren’t sure whether they are “qualified” to sing it, because you don’t know whether they are true christians or not? Listen to yourselves. I saw the song and I was so moved I wept. I also noticed that they took out the word Jesus, but some people see His name as sacred and maybe not appropriate to be used so casually on a worldly show. It didn’t change anything for me, as I know who my Lord and Savior is. Furthermore, Mormons are Christians and we have strong faith in Jesus Christ and accept Him as our personal Savior. The name of the church is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Who qualified any of you to decide who was and wasn’t christian?
Comment by Lori — April 20, 2008 @ 7:37 pm
I didn’t notice they left the name, Jesus out, my bad. That fact is that our Jesus still recieved glory. Weather or not there was confetti, the underline is that Christ was represtented. They may had other reasons but Im thankful that the airways honored our Savior even if one person needed to hear that song for some reason or other, lives we’re touched!!
Comment by yo — April 21, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
I really don’t care what the motive was for them singing Shout to the Lord I just am so thankful that they did and so what if some did not truly believe perhaps it opened their eyes to Gods grace and mercy for where He has placed them at, at this time in their lives and what positive role models they can be
Comment by Jeffeyn — April 26, 2008 @ 11:07 am
Mormons are christian not protestant. So all the singers would be christian.
Comment by Harry Davis — May 18, 2008 @ 10:56 pm